"Irv Finkleman" wrote in message
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Just before you go to a lot of work, have you tried rotating
the radio? Most have a ferrite loop antenna which is pretty
directional.

Irv VE6BP

Bill wrote:

Hello everyone I am looking for detailed plans for an AM loop. I will
be using it only for one frequency 1370AM
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada


I think just about anything is better than the ferrite antenna in most AM
BCB radios.
When I was a teenager the local 5KW radio station would go directional and
reduce its power to 1kW. When it did this I could barely pick it up.
Five miles down the road it boomed in. Unfortunately this was also the time
it started the programing I enjoyed. I already had 4 hooks in the wall
roughly in a square so I drped some antenna rotr wire arounfd the hooks and
connected the ends together to form a coil. From the two open ends I ran a
coax to a two turn loop i slipped over the ferrite antenna. worked like a
champ not to mention it allowed me to pick up a lot of other radio stations
from my South Ga.location including WLS with John "records truly is my
middle name " Landecker. After being able to pick up WLS I soon lost
interest in the local station.

Anyway this was probably not the best antenna but it did the job.